NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. - The Westminster College women's basketball team lost a closely-contested defensive struggle against Grove City, 40-36, at home Saturday in Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) action.
Senior guard Gina Brunetti (Canfield, Ohio/Cardinal Mooney) led the Titans (2-4, 0-1 PAC) with 10 points including a pair of 3-pointers. Junior guard Amy Dolsak (McDonald, Ohio/McDonald) bucketed seven points to go with a game-high 10 rebounds, while sophomore guard Kaitlin McCarthy (Lowellville, Ohio/Lowellville) scored seven points.
Raeann Szelong led the Wolverines (2-5, 1-1 PAC) with a game-high 13 points, while Christina Slater sank nine points to go with a team-high nine rebounds.
Grove City shot 25.0 percent (13-52) from the floor and limited Westminster to 22.7 percent (10-44) shooting. The Titans did not score in the game's opening 9:43 but they were not in a hole as Grove City showed just five points before Westminster scored its first points.
After a 19-19 tie score at halftime, Westminster would hold two-point leads on three occasions before Slater sank a jumper to tie the game at 30-30 with 4:25 remaining and added a lay-up 27 seconds later.
The Titans tied the game twice down the stretch, but Slater buried a jumper with 29 seconds to go for a 36-34 lead. Westminster could not answer and was forced to foul in the waning seconds.
Westminster committed 20 turnovers to Grove City's 12, while the Titans held a 40-31 rebound advantage.
Westminster returns to action at Point Park on Monday night for a 7 p.m. tip-off.
About Westminster College...
Founded in 1852 and related to the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Westminster College is ranked 15th among liberal arts colleges, according to the Washington Monthly 2007 Annual College Guide. Westminster is a national leader in graduation rate performance, according to U.S. News Guide to America's Best Colleges, and is one of the most affordable national liberal arts colleges in Pennsylvania. Westminster is also honored as one of "The Best 368 Colleges" and "Best in the Northeast" by The Princeton Review, and was recognized by the Templeton Guide as a "Character Building College."
Nearly 1,600 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from individualized attention from dedicated faculty while choosing from 41 majors and nearly 100 organizations on the New Wilmington, Pa., campus.
